Physical attractiveness of premature infants affects outcome at discharge from the NICU

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 129-133

  Kurdahi Badr, Lina ^a   Abdallah, Bahia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Earlier discharge; NICU nursing care; Physical attractiveness weight at discharge; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041404357     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(01)00068-6     Document Type: Article

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